Senior Sarah Archuleta shot a one-over-par 73 to win by one stroke over sophomore teammate Amanda Elich. Sophomore Katie Fillion (83) and senior Kristin Elich (84) were West Linn’s other two scorers.

“That’s the hardest golf course we’re going to see,” West Linn coach Bob Turnquist said. “I think we shocked a couple people that we’re as good as we are.”

The frigid weather made the course even more difficult. Play was stopped for about one hour, 15 minutes because of snow and pockets of hail. In all, Turnquist said, West Linn spent about 10 hours at the course.

“If we couldn’t play 18 holes, it was going to become a nine-hole event, and I don’t think we would’ve won a nine-hole event,” Turnquist said. “We really turned up the heat on the back nine.”

The Lions were mentally prepared from playing a practice round on the course Thursday.

“That’s kind of been our M.O. this year,” Turnquist said. “We’re going to go into every tournament with course notes.”

West Linn viewed the tournament as its biggest test of the season so far. The Lions’ next challenge is the State Preview tournament May 5 at Creswell’s Emerald Valley Gold Club, site of the upcoming Class 6A tournament. The state’s top contenders are scheduled to play.

“Nobody is going to give it to us,” Turnquist said. “But I think the way we’re playing, and our mindset going into tournaments, I feel pretty good about where we are. We haven’t played to our potential yet, in my mind. To do what we did at Tetherow was impressive.”